231 Films & TV Shows Set In Europe During Ancient History
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Thermae Romae
๐ฎ๐น Italy Ancient HistoryThe story follows a Roman architect named Lucius, who is having trouble coming up with ideas. One day, he discovers a hidden tunnel underneath a spa that leads him to a modern Japanese bath house. Inspired by the innovations found there, he creates his own spa, Roma Thermae, bringing in the modern ideas to his time.
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Apostle Peter and the Last Supper
๐ฎ๐น Italy Ancient HistoryThe film portrays Saint Peter reflecting on his time with Jesus and his fellow Apostles during his final imprisonment in Rome. In particular, Peter attempts to convert one of his jailers, Martinian, by relating the life, teachings, and sacrifice of Jesus.
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Gladiators of Rome
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyNot Born to Be Gladiators โ A new hero is born in this hilarious, animated adventure of epic proportions! Timo, a student at the Gladiators? Academy in Rome, has no desire to become a legendary gladiator like his stepfather. That is, until the mesmerizing Lucilla walks into his life. With the help of an unlikely band of sidekicks, Timo is determined to be the gladiator of her dreams and embarks on an action-packed journey to become the Colosseum?s first victor!
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Immortals
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryThe Gods need a hero. โ Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.
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The Eagle
Scotland England ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 2nd CenturyThe destiny of a soldier. The honour of a slave. The fate of an empire. โ In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
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Sinbad and the Minotaur
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryA Mythical Beast, A Legendary Warrior, A Titanic Battle. โ Sinbad, armed with rumors of ancient gold, finds himself sneaking into the desert camp of the evil sorcerer Al-Jibar. Hidden among the many relics is an ivory scroll case containing the logs of the pirate Captain Minos, which will lead Sinbad to the golden head of the Colossus of Rhodes.
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The Tragedy of Man
England ๐ซ๐ท France ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia ๐ฌ๐ท Greece ๐ฎ๐น Italy Ancient History The Middle AgesJankovics's adaptation of the eponymous play is divided into multiple parts, and depicts the creation and fall of Man throughout history.
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Clash of the Titans
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryTitans will clash. โ Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.
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Centurion
Scotland ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 2nd CenturyHistory is written in blood โ Britain, A.D. 117. Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus' legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the Earth and destroy their leader, Gorlacon.
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Agora
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 4th Century The 5th Century The Middle AgesAlexandria, Egypt. 391 A.D. The World Changed Forever. โ A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria and her relationship with her slave Davus, who is torn between his love for her and the possibility of gaining his freedom by joining the rising tide of Christianity.
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Astรฉrix at the Olympic Games
๐ฌ๐ท Greece The 1st Century BCAstรฉrix and Obรฉlix have to win the Olympic Games in order to help their friend Alafolix marry Princess Irina. Brutus uses every trick in the book to have his own team win the game, and get rid of his father Julius Caesar in the process.
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Cyclops
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyThe rise of cyclops... is the fall of Rome! โ The corrupt Emperor Tiberius forces his bravest general, Marcus, to subdue the monstrous Cyclops that has been decimating the countryside...
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Mortadelo & Filemon Mission Save the Planet
๐ฎ๐น Italy Ancient HistoryThe planet is facing a great threat. During the worst drought ever known, a group of wrongdoers are in the process of finishing all the reserves of water that remain on Earth. The best secret agents in the world meet urgently, but they don't even have a clue. To make things even worse, the evil Botijola plans to sabotage the meeting. His intention is to convert the water into a substitute. In order to do this, he also tries to kidnap mad Professor Bacterio and get him to work for him. However, there are two things Botijola wasn't expecting. On the one hand, Bacterio, before being kidnapped, hid the parts of his invention in different historical moments, using a time machine. On the other hand, there are two international agents who haven't turned up at the sabotaged meeting, two agents who become the world's only hope: Mortadelo and Filemoฬn.
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300
๐ฌ๐ท Greece The 5th Century BCSpartans, prepare for glory! โ Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.
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The Last Legion
England ๐ฎ๐น Italy The Middle Ages The 5th CenturyThe end of an empire...the beginning of a legend. โ As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
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Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
New York England ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 2nd CenturyIn revenge, patience is a virtue. And after a thousand years, Colin MacLeod doesn't give a damn about virtue ... โ Colin MacLeod hunts for the man responsible for the death of his love. He chases the immortal Marcus Octavius across centuries as his quest threatens to take over his life and heart. In his quest, he meets a woman who reminds him of his slain beauty. But it's his final battle with Marcus that will decide not only his fate, but also the fate of everyone in the world.
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The Final Inquiry
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel ๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyOne truth could destroy an Empire. โ It is the year 33 of the Vulgar Era. The Emperor Tiberius is troubled by strange phenomena, an earthquake and the sky turning black as an eclipse. His astrologers give him fair warning: their omens indicate that the world is in the throes of a great upheaval and that old gods have been annihilated. A new kingdom is about to rise in the East. The Emperor calls Tito Valerio Tauro, the most prominent
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Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare
๐ช๐ธ Spain ๐ฎ๐น Italy ๐น๐ณ Tunisia The 3rd Century BCIt is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world. She believes she is invincible - but one man is destined to change that. He is a man bound by oath to avenge the wrongs inflicted on his home and, in pursuit of revenge, he will stop at nothing. Hannibal explores the man behind the myth, revealing what drove the 26-year-old to mastermind one of the most audacious military moves in history. With 40,000 soldiers and 37 elephants, he marched 1,500 miles to challenge his enemies on their own soil. It was an act so daring that few people believed it possible.
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Greece: Secrets of the Past
๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryCome along on a great new adventure โ GREECE: SECRETS OF THE PAST, directed by two-time Academy Awardยฎ-nominated filmmaker Greg MacGillivray, is the stirring story of how a Greek archeologist of the 21st century is uncovering the secret history of his ancient ancestors who forged a society that continues to astound the world today with its ideas, inventions and achievements. Set against the breathtaking, azure vistas of the Greek Isles, the film merges a contemporary archeological โdetective storyโ with some of the most advanced and painstaking digital re-creations ever undertaken for an IMAXยฎ theatre film, with scenes that restore such centuries-old spectacles as the original Parthenon and the volcanic eruption that buried Santorini in 1646 BC.
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Troy
๐น๐ท Turkey ๐ฌ๐ท Greece Ancient HistoryFor passion. For honor. For destiny. For victory. For love. โ In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnom to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. So they set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy. With the help of Achilles, the Greeks are able to fight the never before defeated Trojans.
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Alexander
๐ฌ๐ท Greece ๐น๐ท Turkey ๐ฎ๐ณ India ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq ๐ฎ๐ท Iran ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan The 3rd Century BC The 4th Century BCThe greatest legend of all was real โ Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
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King Arthur
Wales England ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland ๐ฎ๐น Italy The Middle Ages The 5th CenturyRule Your Fate. โ The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
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Gladiatress
๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom The 1st Century BCDoes my gluteus maximus look big in this? โ Offbeat sword-and-sandals comedy-adventure about three unlikely heroines (Doon Mackichan, Fiona Allen and Sally Phillips) who set out to thwart a Roman invasion and save Celtic Britain in their own unique and outrageous style.
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Nero
๐ฎ๐น Italy The 1st CenturyAs a young boy, future emperor Nero witnesses the mad Emperor Caligula kill his father and exile his mother. While in exile in the pontine islands, Agrippina, his mother, sees a vision telling her that her son can become emperor, but she will have to die first. She accepts the proposal. Back in Rome, Nero, now being raised by emperor Claudius after Caligula's death, Agrippina returns. She poisons Claudius' food and Nero becomes emperor. At first, Nero cuts taxes and introduces successful programs and invades Brittania. Soon he meets a beautiful slave named Claudia Acte, and marries her, throwing off his engagement with Claudius' daughter, Claudia Octavia, telling her she can marry someone she will be happy with. Heartbroken, she arrives at an island and kills herself. Nero enjoys being married to Claudia Acte, but soon he gradually goes mad with power and sets fire to Rome.
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